Darkness and Good

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Darkness noun - A time or place of little or no light.

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Good is an antonym for darkness.

Nearby Words: dark, darken, darkly, darkish

Good noun - Something that provides happiness or does good for a person or thing.

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Darkness is an antonym for good.

Nearby Words: goodness, goodly, goody

old	old darkness	old good
pure	pure darkness	pure good
perfect	perfect darkness	perfect good
complete	complete darkness	complete good
Other adjectives: true, simple, powerful, actual, real, bad, absolute, supposed, inherent, greatest, overall.

Tolkien was well aware of that darkness and light can be used as metaphors of evil and good, but also the reverse, more rarely.

Source: Light Is Not Good / Literature
As a subterranean race, light and darkness have very different connotations for them, so that "becoming enlightened" is not a good thing.

Source: Light Is Not Good / Literature
Despite the first game taking a straight "light is good, and dark is bad" angle, most of the Kingdom Hearts series affirms that light and darkness are simply sources of power.

Source: Light Is Not Good / Video Games

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